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Welcome to this section of our website, where we showcase some of the fascinating documents in our care. ​

Here you can find full-size images of documents, as well as transcripts - exact copies of documents. Most of these transcripts have been made by volunteers, and we are pleased to be able to present the results of their work online.

A unique glimpse into Bath's tourist attractions is revealed in this letter. Dating from the time of Jane Austen, it was written by a Bath holiday-maker to the Americal consul, Thomas Aspinwall. (Reference 1020)

Edmund Rack was the founder of both the Bath and West of England Society and the first Bath Philosophical Society. His Journal provides a fascinating insight into life in Bath from December 1779 to March 1780.

Bath City Council, as the Urban Sanitary Authority for the city, was responsible for a range of public health matters. These letters, sent to the Clerk and filed in volumes, reflect the range of the sanitary authority work of the Council.